unknown

(bob russell, carl sigman)


Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart.
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part.


Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row.
This is your moment, girl,
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show.


Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance.
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!




Whirl, ballerina!




Once you said his love must wait its turn,
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance!


Dance!

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 18 in 1957
-previously charted in 1947 by vaughn monroe (#1)
-previously charted in 1948 by buddy clark (#5); bing crosby (#10); and jimmy
-dorsey (also #10)
-words and music by bob russell and carl sigman


Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part

Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!

<instrumental interlude>
Whirl ballerina
<instrumental interlude>

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance

Dance

(don george, nathaniel cole)


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice,
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice...
Dese yankee hot dogs
Don't treat me stomach very nice.


In trinidad, one dollar buy
Papaya juice, banana pie,
Six coconut, one female goat,
An' plenty fish to fill de boat.


One bushel bread, one barrel wine,
An' all de town, she come to dine.
But here is bad, one dollar buy
Cup of coffee, ham on rye.


Me throat she sick from necktie,
Me feet hurt from shoes.
Me pocket full of empty,
I got calypso blues.


Dese yankee girl give me big scare,
Is black de root, is blonde de hair.
Her eyelash false, her face is paint,
And pads are where de girl she ain't!


She jitterbug when she should waltz,
I even think her name is false.
But calypso girl is good a lot,
Is what you see, is what she got.


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


(repeat chant to fade)

(jerome kern, dorothy fields)


Pick yourself up...
Take a deep breath...
Dust yourself off
And start all over again.


Nothing's impossible, i have found
For when my chin is on the ground.
I pick myself up,
Dust myself off
And start all over again.


Don't lose your confidence
If you slip
Be grateful for a pleasant trip
And pick yourself up,
Dust yourself off
And start all over again.


Work like a soul inspired
Until the battle of the day is won.
You may be sick and tired,
But you'll be a man, my son.


Will you remember the famous men
Who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath...
Pick yourself up...
Dust yourself off
And start all over again.


~interlude~


Work like a soul inspired
Till the battle of the day is won.
You may be sick and tired,
But you'll be a man, my son.


Will you remember the famous men
Who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath...
Pick yourself up...
Dust yourself off
And start all over again.

(nathaniel cole, charlotte hawkins)


To whom it may concern,
You've found another love, i know
To whom it may concern,
My heart won't ever let you go.


You tore my heart apart
When you found somebody new,
But you found out that your heart
Could be broken, too.


So to whom it may concern,
You've learned that heartache has no pride,
Pretending unconcerned won't stop the tears
You try to hide.


And when you're all alone
With just a memory,
That's when i'll bet you'll learn
The one who's most concerned is me.


~interlude~


And when you're all alone
With just a memory,
That's when i'll bet you'll learn
The one who's most concerned
...is me.

Nat king cole
(cole porter)
("can-can")

Every time i look down on this timeless town
Whether blue or gray be her skies.
Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears,
More and more do i realize:

I love paris in the springtime.
I love paris in the fall.
I love paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love paris in the summer when it sizzles.

I love paris every moment,
Every moment of the year.
I love paris, why, oh why do i love paris?
Because my love is near.

(words & music by lerner & loewe)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

What a day this has been
What a rare mood i'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love

There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why, it's almost like being in love

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that i feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear i was falling
I could swear i was falling
It's almost like being in love

(harry warren, al dubin)


I walk along the street of sorrow,
The boulevard of broken dreams.
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams.


You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered dreams.
And gigolo and gigolette
Awake to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.


~interlude~


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.

-artist: nat king cole
-words and music by ray noble
-charted in 1934 by ray noble (#1) and bing crosby (#11)
-charted in 1944 by vaughn monroe (#19)
-sung by doris day in the 1950 film "man with a horn"
-charted in 1961 by little willie john (#61)
-charted in 1964 by rick nelson (#26)


The very thought of you and i forget to do
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in a kind of daydream
I'm happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem
To me that's everything

The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till i'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love

<instrumental interlude>

The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till i'm near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love

(peggy lee, victor young)


I went to londontown
To clear up my mind,
Then on to paris
For the fun i couldn't find.
I found i couldn't leave my memories behind.
Where can i go without you?


Tried seeing singapore,
But that wouldn't do.
Went to vienna,
But i found you there, too.
Even in switzerland, your memory came through.
Where can i go without you?


I wanted travel, i wanted romance,
I chased that rainbow across the sea.
I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places
If you can't be there with me.


Back on the boat again
And farewell to france,
Farewell to londontown,
They haven't a chance.
I'll trade the sights i've seen
For just one loving glance.
Where can i go without you?


~interlude~


I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places
If you can't be there with me.


Back on the boat again
And farewell to france,
Farewell to londontown,
They haven't a chance.
I'll trade the sights i've seen
For just one loving glance.
Where can i go without you?

(billy strayhorn)


I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life...
From jazz and cocktails.


The girls i knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distant gay traces
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day...
Twelve o'clock tales.


Then you came along with your siren of song
To tempt me to madness!
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me.


Ah yes! i was wrong...
Again,
I was wrong.


Life is lonely again,
And only last year everything seemed so sure.
Now life is awful again,
A troughful of hearts could only be a bore.
A week in paris will ease the bite of it,
All i care is to smile in spite of it.


I'll forget you, i will
While yet you are still burning inside my brain.
Romance is mush,
Stifling those who strive.
I'll live a lush life in some small dive...
And there i'll be, while i rot
With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too..

(kane/ecton)


Goodbye, lonely heartache,
Farewell, bitter tears.
I'm leaving forever,
And not just for years.


You're home again, darling,
And i love you so.
But you love another,
That's why i must go.


Down the road to nowhere,
I'll wander my lonely days through.
Down the road to nowhere,
I'm nowhere at all without you.


Our favorite places
That made moments fly
Just can't be forgotten,
But still i must try.


The dance where i met you
When you walked my way,
I cry when i pass them
So i'll drift away.


Down the road to nowhere,
I'll wander my lonely days through.
Down the road to nowhere,
I'm nowhere at all without you...
I'm nowhere at all without you...
I'm nowhere at all without you.

(jimmy van heusen, johnny burke)


Love is funny, or it's sad,
Or it's quiet, or it's mad.
It's a good thing, or it's bad,
But beautiful...


Beautiful to take a chance
And if you fall, you fall,
And i'm thinking,
I wouldn't mind at all.


Love is tearful, or it's gay,
It's a problem, or it's play.
It's a heartache either way,
But beautiful...


And i'm thinking, if you were mine,
I'd never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
I know.


~interlude~


And i'm thinking, if you were mine,
I'd never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
That would be but beautiful...
I know.

(cy coleman, joseph allen mccarthy)


I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life,
Laugh, and forget this affair
Guess i was foolish
To care.


So i'm gonna dance you right out of my dreams,
Try to be carefree and gay
I guess i'll learn to play
The part.


'cause when our friends begin that
Heartless rumor,
I know i'll really need my
Sense of humor.


I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life,
Make it a beautiful joke.
No one will know you broke
My heart.


But if i find you and i
Really meant that last goodbye,
Then i'm gonna laugh so hard,
I'll cry.


~interlude~




But if i find you and i
Really meant that last goodbye,
Then i'm gonna laugh so hard...
I'll cry.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position unknown
-words and music by steve allen in 1956


If they had ever told me how sweet a kiss could be
I would have said "impossible, impossible for me"
And if they said i'd find you beyond the rainbow's end
I would have said "impossible, impossible, my friend"

To dream about what might have been
Is strange enough for me
But now it seems i'm living in
A dream too beautiful to be

If they had said a moonbeam could calm a stormy sea
I would have said "impossible" but now at last i see
That nothing is impossible if you are here with me

<instrumental interlude>

I would have said "impossible" but now at last i see
That nothing is impossible if you are here with me

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 2 in 1955
-words and music by howard barnes, harold cornelius, and dominic john


A blossom fell from off a tree
It settled softly on the lips you turned to me
The gypsies say and i know why
"a falling blossom only touches lips that lie"

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

<instrumental interlude>

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

(lewis/weissman/lange)


Is it better
To have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
As my lonely teardrops fall.


Is it better
To have kissed and lost,
Than never to have felt the glow?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
Then why do i miss you so?


Only those who've lost at love
Would know how a heart can cry.
And they would know the meaning of
Hearing a last goodbye.


Is it better
To have loved and lost,
Than never had my dream come true?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
'cause i'm still in love with you.


I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
'cause i'm still in love with you.

-artist: nat king cole
-words and music by benny davis and abner silver
-charted at # 19 in 1958 by joni james


There goes my heart, there goes the one i love
There goes the girl i wasn't worthy of
There goes my happiness, it couldn't be
There goes somebody else in place of me

Goodbye romance, it couldn't last somehow
I had my chance but it's all over now
I never thought that she could pass me by
There goes my heart and here am i

<instrumental interlude>

I never thought that she could pass me by
There goes my heart and here am i

(joe ricardel, redd evans)


I don't want french fried potatoes,
Red ripe tomatoes,
I'm never satisfied.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


I don't want pork chops and bacon,
That won't awaken
My appetite inside.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


~interlude~




A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


(now if you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water!)

(robinson, stamford)


Maybe i talk too much,
Maybe i've lost m' touch.
I guess i don't know what's cookin'
'cause i just can't see for lookin'.


Other boys have their chicks,
Two, three, four, five or six.
I don't seem to get a bookin'
'cause i just can't see for lookin'.


I'm kinda crazy,
Like a daisy
Up that well known tree, poor me.
I'm sittin', hopin',
Horoscopin'
Won't some sista take a chance with me?


I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down.
I give up hope, i'm just a dope.
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'.


~interlude~


I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down.
I give up hope, i'm just a dope.
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'...




No, just can't see for lookin'...
No, no.

(alan brandt, bob haymes)

I can only give you love that lasts forever
And a promise to be near each time you call,
And the only heart i own
For you and you alone,
That's all, that's all.


I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall,
And a love whose burning light
Will warm the winter night,
That's all, that's all.


There are those, i am sure, that have told you
They would give you the world for a toy.
All i have are these arms to enfold you
And a love time can never destroy.


If you're wondering what i'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore
For now and ever more,
That's all, that's all.


~interlude~


If you're wondering what i'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore
For now and ever more,
That's all...that's all.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 23 in 1955
-words and music by hal hester and barry parker


If i find peace of mind in the sand and the sea
There's a hope in my heart that you'll soon be with me
There's a prayer that i share with the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

As my eyes search the skies from the edge of the shore
You are here in my arms for a moment or more
Then a tear rushes down to the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

-artist: nat king cole
-words by sam m. lewis and music by j. fred coots
-charted in 1934 by hal kemp (#3) and isham jones (#16)
-charted in 1962 by dinah washington (#88)


For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say "good night" until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

<instrumental interlude>

So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 16 in 1952
-words by sammy cahn and music by nicholas brodszky
-title song sung by mario lanza in the film also starring doretta morrow and james
-whitmore
-lanza charted his single at # 7 in 1952


Because you're mine
The brightest star i see
Looks down, my love, and envies me
Because you're mine, because you're mine

Because you're mine
The breeze that hurries by
Becomes a melody and why?
Because you're mine, because you're mine

I only know for as long as i may live
I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me

And when we kiss
That isn't thunder, dear
It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause
Because you're mine

<instrumental interlude>

I only know for as long as i may live
I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me

And when we kiss
That isn't thunder, dear
It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause
Because you're mine

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 5 in 1958
-words and music by clyde otis, brook benton, and belford hendricks
-also charted by joe simon in 1969 at #70


Looking ba-a-ack over my life
I can see where i caused you strife
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

Looking ba-a-ack over my deeds
I can see signs a wise man heeds
And if i just ha-ad the chance
I'd never make that same mistake again

Once my cup was overflowing
But i gave nothing in retu-u-urn
Now i can't begin to te-ell you
What a lesson i have learned

Looking ba-a-ack over the slate
I can see love turned to hate
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

(clyde otis, kelly owens)


Did you ever
Watch the one you love
Slowly drifting away from you,
And you know
Deep in your heart
There is nothing that you can do
To make her stay (to make her stay),
To turn the tide (to turn the tide),
To ease the pain (to ease the pain)
That you feel down inside?


When her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.
So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."


(when her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.)


So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."

(m. gordon, h. revel)


Oh...there's a lull in my life.
It's just a void, an empty space,
When you are not in my embrace.


Oh...there's a lull in my life.
The moment that you go away,
There is no night, there is no day.


The clock stops ticking,
The world stops turning.
Everything stops
But that flame in my heart
That keeps burning...burning...


Oh...there's a lull in my life.
No matter i may pretend,
I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart,
The call of my arms...
The lull in my life.

(words and music by nat king cole and irving mills)

The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said "now listen, jack"

"straighten up and fly right"
"straighten up and fly right"
"straighten up and fly right"
"cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."
"ain't no use in jivin' "
"what's the use in dabbin' "
"straighten up and fly right"
"cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

The buzzard told the monkey "you're chokin' me"
"release your hold and i'll set you free"
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
"your story's fetchin' but it sounds like a lie"

"straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

(instrumental interlude)

"straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

(clyde otis, rose marie mccoy)


You used me for a stepping stone
'til something better came along.
Now you've moved along
And left me behind.
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


You left a trail of broken hearts
Torn into a million parts.
How many more
Will crumble like mine?
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


Who will the next fool be?
Who will you kiss,
Like you kissed me?
Who will be next
To look in your eyes,
And believe all your beautiful lies?


I know, my love, the day will come
You'll pay for all,
All the wrong you've done.
You'll meet someone
Who isn't so blind.
My darling, your heart
Is next in line.


My darling, your heart
Maybe next in line.


My darling, your heart
Is next in line.




(repeat to fade)

(cole porter)


Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


She is sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down at lover's lane, she strayed.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


~interlude~


When she woke from her dream
And found that her love had gone,
Madam...
She ran to the man
Who had led her so far astray.


And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her lover down.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Then the mob came and got her
And dragged her from the jail.
Madam...
They strung her upon
A willow across the way.


And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.

-artist: nat king cole
-words by ben raleigh and music by bernie wayne
-charted in 1946 by sammy kaye (#3), dinah shore (also #3), andy russell (#4),
-teddy walters (also #4), and the merry macs (#9).
-charted in 1953 at # 22 by the four aces


The crowd sees me out dancing
Carefree and romancing
Happy with my someone new
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

They see me night and daytime
Having such a gay time
They don't know what i go through
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

No one knows it's just a pose
Pretending i'm glad we're apart
And when i cry, my eyes are dry
The tears are in my heart

My darling, can't we make up?
Ever since our breakup
Make believe is all i do
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love

I am still in love with you

(harry warren, mack gordon)


This is our last dance together,
Tonight soon will be long ago.
And in our moment of parting,
This is all i want you to know...


There will be many other nights like this,
And i'll be standing here with someone new.
There will be other songs to sing,
Another fall...another spring...
But there will never be another you.


There will be other lips that i may kiss,
But they won't thrill me,
Like yours used to do.
Yes, i may dream a million dreams,
But how can they come true,
If there will never, ever be another you?


~interlude~


Yes, i may dream a million dreams,
But how can they come true,
If there will never, ever be...
Another you?

(con conrad, gladys dubois, russ columbo, paul gregory)


I can't forget the night i met you,
That's all i'm dreaming of.
Now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


You made a promise to be faithful
By all the stars above.
And now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


My heart is beating,
It keeps repeating for you constantly.
You're all i'm needing
And so i'm pleading,
Please come back to me.


You made a plaything out of romance,
What were you thinking of?
Now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


~interlude~


You made a plaything out of romance,
And what were you thinking of?
For now you call it madness,
But i call it love.

(jimmy van heusen, mack david)


It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop,
But there a guy sat, two stools away,
And you could tell the bartender knew him
And that he'd been there some other day.
And while i sipped my libation,
I overheard his conversation...


"re---member
How i'd walk in,
What excitement there would be?
Never less than twenty people,
I had lots of friends, you see.


"i gave the party, i was the host.
Everyone loved me,
I was the most.


"champagne and plenty of it,
Real imported caviar,
And the hat check girl got fifty
Just for lighting my cigar.


"i kept 'em laughin', jokes by the yard.
Everyone loved me,
I was a card.


"and i had a girl,
A beautiful girl,
Her whole world, i think, consisted of mink
And diamonds and pearls.


"because she was mine,
I'd glitter and shine,
And life was a ball, and wasn't it all
So cozy 'n fine?


"but nothing lasts forever,
And the deepest well runs dry.
Just 'cause i've stopped rolling sevens
Doesn't mean i have to cry.


"i'll take that nightcap,
One more won't show.
And incidentally...maybe you know...
Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"


"where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 6 in 1963
-words by charles tobias and music by hans carste


Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now you're set
And on the beach you'll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get 'em wet

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Don't hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
Or some romantic moon it seems
Right from the moment that those lovers start arrivin'
You'll see more kissin' <wolf whistle> in the cars than on the screen

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

You'll wish that summer could always be here
You'll wish that summer could always be here

(b. halley, e. j. anton)


Dear lonely hearts...
I'm-a writing to you
You said you could help
People looking for love.


I've been so lonely,
I don't know what to do.
And that is why
I'm writing this letter to you.


(it's no use livin')
When you're alone.
Please help me find
A love of my own.


If you know someone,
Please tell me who.
Dear lonely hearts...
I'd be so grateful to you
(so grateful to you).


(she don't have to have money)
She don't have to have money,
(she don't have to be a queen)
She don't have to be a queen.
(as long as she loves me)
As long as she loves me,
(that's the important thing)
That's the important thing.


'cause i'm gonna love her,
(i'm gonna love her)
I'll always be true .
(i'll always be true)
Dear lonely hearts,
Oh, please,
See what you can do.
(see what you can do)


I guess that's all,
(i guess that's all)
I'm gonna close for now.
(i'm gonna close for now)
But try to find
(please try to find)
Somebody, somehow.
(somebody, somehow)


If you know someone,
Please tell me who.
Dear lonely hearts...
I'd be so grateful
To you.
(grateful to you)

(james, miller)


I took a choo-choo-choo-choo fast as i could take a choo-choo,
I've come a long-long-long-long way to take you in my arms.
And now it's your first move to prove that you've been true,
Come to baby, do.


I've been away-way-way-way-way beyond the blue horizon,
I hope that no-no-no-no-no one else is on your mind.
So pucker up, my sweet, and meet your waterloo,
Come to baby, do.


Stop me from guessing,
T'ain't no time to tease.
Stop all your messin',
And put your beggin' baby at ease.


I wanna love-love-love you just the way i wanna love you,
I'm gonna try-try-try to try to make you understand.
When all is said and done, the one for me is you.
Come to baby, do.


~interlude~


Come to baby, do.


I've come a long, long way to kiss ya
You'll never know how much i missed ya.
Stop your teasin' --
Come to baby, do.

-artist: nat king cole
-words by betty comden and adolph green and music by jule styne
-introduced by judy holliday in her last film "bells are ringing" (1956), also starring
-dean martin and jean stapleton -charted by doris day at # 63 in 1957


The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

The party's over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

<instrumental 'the party's over'>
The party's over
<instrumental 'it's time to call it a day'>
It's time to call it a day
<instrumental 'they

-artists: nat king cole and stubby kaye
-words by mack david and music by jerry livingston
-title song from the 1965 film starring jane fonda, lee marvin (who won an oscar
-for his dual role as a drunken lawman and his counterpart, outlaw kid sheleen)
-cole and kaye, as strolling minstrels, functioned as a greek chorus, commenting
-on the action (?)


Well now friends just lend an ear
For you're now about to hear
The ballad of cat ballou
It's a song that's newly made
And professus and the shade
And the sunrise kid are singin' it for you

Cat ballou, cat ballou

It's a hangin' day in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', eighteen ninety four
They're gonna drop cat ballou
Through the gallows floor

She killed a man in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', killed a man it's true
And that is why they're a-hangin'
Hangin' cat ballou

She has the smile of an angel
(fights like the devil)
The eyes of an angel
(bites like the devil)
The face of an angel
(i say she's the devil)
(she's mean and evil through and through)

Cat ballou, cat ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through

With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story
Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain
The wildest gal in the we-est
Since calamity jane

And today's the day that she's goin' to glory
She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned
They'll be a-speedin' her soul
On a wayward wind

She has the smile of an angel
(fights like the devil)
The eyes of an angel
(bites like the devil)
The face of an angel
(i say she's the devil)
(she's mean and evil through and through)

Cat ballou (cat ballou)
Cat ball-ou-ou-ou (cat ballou)
She's mean and evil through and through

Cat ballou, cat ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through

(bart howard)


Poets often use many words
To say a simple thing.
It takes thought and time amd rhyme
To make a poem sing.


With music and words i've been playing
For you, i have written a song.
To be sure that you'll know what i'm saying,
I'll translate as i go along...


Fly me to the moon,
And let me play among the stars.
Let me see what spring is like
On jupiter and mars.


In other words,
Hold my hand.
In other words,
Darling, kiss me.


Fill my heart with song,
And let me sing forever more.
You are all i long for,
All i worship and adore.


In other words,
Please be true.
In other words,
I love you.


~interlude~


Fill my heart with song,
And let sing forever more.
You are all i long for,
All i worship and adore.


In other words
Please be true.
In other words,
I love you.

(lyrics by bob russel, music by duke ellington)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

Missed the saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bear it without you
Don't get around much anymore

Thought i'd visit the club
Got as far as the door
They'd have asked me about you
Don't get around much anymore

Darling, i guess my mind's more at ease
But nevertheless, why stir up memories

Been invited on dates
Might have gone but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore

(wayne/morris)


(i don't want to see tomorrow,
Unless i see it with you.)


Tomorrow, so they say
Will be a lovely day,
A bright new sun will suddenly break through,
But i don't want to see tomorrow,
Unless i see it with you.


Tomorrow, so i hear
The clouds will disappear,
The door to happiness will open wide.
But i don't want to see tomorrow,
Unless you're there by my side.


Don't want to walk alone,
Don't want to dream alone,
Just want you close to my heart.
For if your love is gone,
How can i face the dawn of
Sunday, or monday?
I just can't face one day...


Until you say you're mine,
Oh, darling, please be mine
And make each bright tomorrow young and new.
But i don't want to face tomorrow
Unless i see it with you.


(tomorrow, so i hear
The clouds will disappear,
The door to happiness will open wide.)
But i don't want to see tomorrow,
Unless i see it with you.

(cy coleman, carolyn leigh)


So these are the ropes,
The tricks of the trade,
The rules of the road.


You're one of the dopes
For whom they were made,
The rules of the road.


You follow that kiss and recklessly miss
A bend of the road,
Then suddenly this--
The end of the road.


So love is a hoax,
A glittering stream
Of little white lies.
But these are the jokes,
And what if they bring
The tears to your eyes?


Well, love often shows a funny return.
The brighter it glows,
The longer you burn.
And lord only knows
Love has little concern for the fools of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


And everyone knows that that's how it goes,
The rules of the road.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951
-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams
-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),
-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)
-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)
-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)
-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).


{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{she sailed at the dawning, all day i've been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, i'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

<instrumental interlude>

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{home safely to me}

{bracketed words are sung by nat in unison with background singers}
(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)

(gordon jenkins)




That's all there is,
There isn't any more, my sweet.
I've gone about as far as i can go.


I realize the things you did
You had to do,
And they weren't so terribly bad to do.
But you shouldn't have told me,
I didn't want to know.


Maybe i tried too hard,
I thought that we could reach the sky.
I guess
The mountain was too high to climb
I put a sign that says, "for sale"
On all my dreams
And a permanent lock on my door.


That's all there is,
There isn't any more.


But if you need me,
Call me, baby...
Call me.

(nathaniel cole)


I'm just a shy guy,
My, i'm a 'fraid-to-try guy
No lie.
There's a gal that i idolize
But i just can't seem to hypnotize.


And when she pets me,
You betcha, it gets me.
And everytime i hold her hand,
I'm just too shy to say the things i plan.


Everytime she's close to me,
My heart is filled with ecstasy,
And like a dope, i let the chance slip by.


There, i should have told her then
But all i did was sit and grin,
And i ended up so mad that i could cry.


'cause i'm a shy guy
Wish i was a sly guy
Then i could say, "baby, baby, i love you"
Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.


~interlude~


I'm just a shy guy
Wish i was a sly guy
Then i could say, "baby, baby, i love you"
Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.

(words and music by gross and lawrence)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly
The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly
Then you and i came wandering by
And lost in a sigh were we
The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly
Your arms opened wide and closed me inside
You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly

That certain night, the night we met,
There was magic abroad in the air.
There were angels dining at the ritz,
And a nightingale sang in berkeley square.


I may be right, i may be wrong,
But i'm perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


The moon that lingered over londontown
Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown.
How could he know that we two were so in love?
The whole darn world seemed upside down.


The streets of town were paved with stars,
It was such a romantic affair.
And as we kissed and said goodnight,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


~interlude~




When dawn came stealing up, all gold and blue
To interrupt our rendez-vous,
I still remember how you smiled and said,
"was that a dream? or was it true?"


Our homeward step was just as light
As the dancing of fred astaire,
And like an echo far away
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.

(simon/bernier)


Blow...tropic wind...
Sing a song...through the trees.


Trees...sigh to me...
Soon my love...i will see.


Poinciana,
Your branches speak to me of love.
Pale moon is casting shadows from above.


Poinciana,
Somehow i feel the jungle beat
Within me, there grows a rhythmic, savage
Beat.


Love is everywhere, its magic perfume fills the air.
To and fro, you sway, my heart's in time,
I've learned to care.


Poinciana,
Though skies may turn from blue to gray,
My love will live for ever and a day.


Blow....tropic wind,
Sing a song through the trees.
Trees...sigh to me
Soon my love... i will see.


Poinciana...

(nathaniel cole, charlotte hawkins)


(with you on my mind,
With you on my mind)


With you on my mind,
How can i do anything?
With you on my mind,
All the time remembering.


Got an achin' heart
Thinkin' how it used to be.
With you on my mind,
When you gave your love to me.


I believed in your love (your love)
Thought i was your true love (true love),
But you found a new love (new love)
Who changed your mind (who changed your mind).


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.


~interlude~


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you on my mind.


Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.
(with you on my mind)

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 10 in 1954
-competing versions charted by sunny gale (#19) and david whitfield (#25).
-also charted in 1959 by tony bennett (#73); in 1961 by timi yuro (#42); in
-1962 by ferrante and teicher (#94); and in 1965 by betty everett and jerry
-butler (#42).
Words by john turner and geoffrey parsons and music by charlie chaplin


Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

<instrumental interlude>

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 6 in 1954
-english words by carl sigman and music by gerhard winkler


Answer me, oh, my love
Just what sin have i been guilty of?
Tell me how i came to lose your love
Please answer me, sweetheart

You were mine yesterday
I believed that love was here to stay
Won't you tell me where i've gone astray?
Please answer me, my love

If you're happier without me
I'll try not to care
But if you still think about me
Please listen to my prayer

You must know i've been true
Won't you say that we can start anew?
In my sorrow now i turn to you
Please answer me, my love

<instrumental interlude>

(if you're happier without me)
(i'll try not to care)
But if you still think about me
Please listen to my prayer

You must know (you must know)i've been true (i've been true)
Won't you say that we can start anew?
In my sorrow now i turn to you
Please answer me, my love

Answer me, my love

Nat king cole
Written by mel torme and robert walls

- (#3-1946)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack frost nipping at your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos.
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that santa's on his way -
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And ev'rymother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so i'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said many times,
Many ways: "merry christmas to you".
(repeat) (from 9th line)

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 26 in 1952
-words and music by marcia neal, philip f. broughton, bob merrill, and hughie
-prince


Funny, how i've stopped loving you
I can pass you on the street and my heart don't skip a beat
Not much, so much my eyes wanna cry
Funny, how i've stopped loving you
I can listen to your name and it doesn't start a flame
Not much, so much my heart wants to die

Now that you're standing here, darling, i don't shed a tear
This is just the rain in my eyes
And if i have proved to you everything i say is true
Please help me believe my own lies

Funny, how i've stopped loving you
And it's funny i don't miss all the heaven in your kiss
Your touch, no i don't love you, not much

<instrumental interlude>

Funny, how i've stopped loving you
And it's funny i don't miss all the heaven in your kiss
Your touch, no i don't love you, not much

No i don't love you, not much

(nathaniel cole)


I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.
Just got the news that my best gal has left me to stay.
Things were pretty rosy,
We got along so fine.
Until another guy moved in
And handed her a line.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.


So i decided to try and get her off my mind.
Started to walkin', to see what enjoyment i'd find.
Was invited to a party,
Then there was a fight.
A fella got a whippin'...
You guessed it right.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.

(mitchell parish, cliff burwell)


Just found joy
I'm as happy as a baby boy, baby boy
With another brand new choo-choo choy
When i met my sweet lorraine, lorraine, lorraine.


A pair of eyes
That are brighter tham the summer sky
When you see them, you'll realize
Why i love my sweet lorraine.


Now when it's rainin',
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.


~interlude~


Now when it's rainin'
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.

(word & lyrics by bobby troup)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

It winds from chicago to la,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Now you go through saint looey
Joplin, missouri,
And oklahoma city is mighty pretty.
You see amarillo,
Gallup, new mexico,
Flagstaff, arizona.
Don't forget winona,
Kingman, barstow, san bernandino.

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Solo

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

:artist: nat king cole
-from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb-6803
-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948
-competing versions charted by frank sinatra (#7), sara vaughn (#8), and
-dick haymes (#11).
-words and music by eden ahbez


There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

<instrumental interlude>

"the greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

(m. gordon, h. revel)


Stay as sweet as you are,
Don't let a thing
Ever change you.
Stay as sweet as you are,
Don't let a soul
Rearrange you.


Don't ever lose
The charm you possess,
Your loveliness, darling,
The way you say "yes".


Stay as sweet as you are
Discreet as you are,
You're divine, dear.
Stay as grand as you are,
And as you are,
Tell me that you're mine, dear.


Young and gay or old and gray,
Near to me or afar,
Night and day i pray
That you'll always stay
As sweet as you are.


(interlude)


Young and gay or old and gray,
Near to me or afar,
Night and day i pray
That you'll always stay
As sweet as you are.

(m. edwards, b. green)


Once in a while,
Will you try
To give one little thought to me,
Though someone else may be
Nearer your heart?


Once in a while,
Will you dream
Of the moments
I shared with you,
Moments before we two
Drifted apart?


In love's smoldering ember,
One spark may remain.
If love still can remember,
That spark may burn again.


I know that i'll
Be contented with
Yesterday's memory,
Knowing you think of me
Once in a while.


~interlude~


Once in a while...


In love's smoldering ember,
One spark may remain.
If love still can remember,
The spark may burn again.


I know that i'll
Be contented with
Yesterday's memory,
Knowing you think of me
Once in a while...
Once in a while.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1952
-words by ben raleigh and music by guy wood


Faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Faith can work magic
This i find with you
Yours is the magic
To make my wishes come true

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

<instrumental interlude>

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Yes, i can move mountains
If you have faith in me

-artist: nat king cole
-words and music by sammy cahn, axel stordahl, and paul weston
-from the film "thrill of a romance" starring esther williams and van johnson
-charted in 1945 by frank sinatra (#8), martha tilton (#10), tommy dorsey (#11),
-and jimmy dorsey (#13).


I should care, i should go around weeping
I should care, i should go without sleeping
Strangely enough, i sleep well
'cept for a dream or two
But then i count my sheep well
Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep

So i should care, i should let it upset me
I should care but it just doesn't get me
Maybe i won't find someone as lovely as you
But i should care and i do

<brief instrumental interlude>

I should care but it just doesn't get me
Maybe i won't find someone as lovely as you
But i should care and i do

And i do

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 11 in 1956
-words by sammy gallop and music by chester conn


Night lights, those blues-in-the-night lights
Are no longer bright lights since i'm without you
Sweet dreams, oh where did they fly to?
You're gone and who can i cry to?

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

<instrumental interlude>

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

As recorded by nat king cole, who didn't make the top 100
Words by lorenz hart and music by richard rogers and sung in the broadway
Musical "the boys from syracuse" by eddie albert and marcy westcott
A # 6 hit for horace heidt in 1938
A # 2 hit for benny goodman in 1939


This can't be love, because i feel so well,
No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.
This can't be love; i get no dizzy spells,
My head is not in the skies.

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.

(instrumental interlude)

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.
Still i love to look in your eyes.